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D. E'. LAUGHLIN. Hay Burning Attachment for Stoves.

No. 230,786. Patented Aug. 3,1880.

UNITED STATES PATENT Erica?.

' DAVID F. LAUGHLIN, OF CIJYDE, ASSIGNOR OF TVVO-THIRDS OF HIS RIGHT TO JOHN MANNING, OF SAME PLACE, AND JOHN I-I. RANNEY, OF AGENDA,

KANSAS, ONE-THIRD TO EACH.

HAY-BURNING ATTACHMENT FOR STOVES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 230,786, dated August 3, 1880.

Application filed January $29, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, DAVID F. LAUGHLIN, of Clyde, in the county of Cloud and State otl Kansas,'have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay-Burning Attachments for Stoves; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to'which it appertains to 1o make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section. Fig. 3 is a top view, and Fig. 4 is a cross-section through line x, Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding` parts in all the figures.

This invention has relation to devices for zo feeding hay, straw, or similar material to stoves for heating, cooking, or other purposes; and it consists in the construction and combination of parts of a device or stove attachment of this class, substantially as hereinafter more 2 5 fully set forth.

In the drawings, A is-a rectangular box of any suitable length, which is supported at its rear end upon feet a, while its front end is inserted through the stove-door into the re- 3o chamber of the stove or range. As it is important that the mouth of box A should iit closely in the stove-door, angle-irons of suitable width may be employed to form a packing, as it were, and iill out any open space or spaces around the mouth of the box after it has been inserted into the stove. The iront part of box A is closed on top ;v but the greater part of it is open and provided with Haring flanges b b, which form a chute or hopper for feeding the 4o straw or hay into the box or magazine.

B is a piston or plunger, which ts into the inside of the box, and has attached to its lower side two parallel arms, c c, one in each corner, which are united by a cross-piece, d,

4 5 to the middle of which is secured the chain C. The forward end of this chain passes over a pulley, e, the periphery of which projects up through a slot in the bottom of the box, while the other end of chain C is passed over a pulley,f, hung in bearings g, projecting from the 5o rear end of the box and up around a windlass,

D, which is operated by a crank, D. This windlass is provided with a pawl, It, and ratchet-wheel z', as shown in Fi l of the drawings.

E is a pyramidal cap or cover, which is inserted into the front end of box A by means of a rod, F, secured at its base, which said rod works in a sleeve, k, and is provided with a handle, F', so that it (the pyramidal cap E) 6o may be adjusted in its relation to the mouth of the box so as to either close this entirely or leaveit more or less open by leaving an open space all around it. The handle F is, by preference, pivoted at the end of rod E, so that it may be locked into any one of a series of slots or notches, l, in the sleeve k, and thus firmly hold cap E in any given position.

A weight, G, is attached to the forward end of chain C, and the piston or plunger B has a 7o notch or slot, m, inits under side, as shown in Fig. 4, to permit it to ride over the chain which passes under it.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings, the operation of this apparatus or attachment will readily be understood.

The windlass is turned byits crank D until the plunger B is drawn all the way back to the rear end of the box, when the straw, hay, 8o or other material to be used as fuel is fed into the box in front of the plunger through the hopper b b. The pyramidal cap or shieldiE is then adjusted so as to permit a certain quantity of the fuel contained in the box to be fed 8 5 out into the stove, into which the front end of the box A is inserted. By unshipping the pawl h from its ratchet the weight G and chain C will gradually force the plunger B down toward the other (front) end oi' the box or 9o magazine A, crowding the fuel gradually past the pointed cap E into the stove, Where combustion takes place. When the magazine has been exhausted cap E is closed and the plunger is withdrawn by means of the Windlass D, when afresh charge of fuel is put into the box, and so on, from time to time, as occasion requires.

, ness and regularity.

By the use of this magazine fuel is not only economized, but the heat may be regulated with great nicety by simply adjusting the shield E in the manner described. rEhe pyrainidal or pointed and flaring shape ot' this cap or shield prevents choking up of the 1n onth of the magazine and permits the feeding of the fuel into the stove to proceed with great even- Besides, this attachment is cheap and durable in its construction, and may be applied to any ordinary stove or range without requiring alteration.

I am aware that it is not new to provide a cylinder, attached to a magazine for feeding' fuel to a fire-box or stove, with an adjustable stop or shield, with a rack-bar adapted to be adjusted back and forth by a crank-segment engaging with said rack-bar.

Having thus described inyinvention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- The combination, With the fuel-feeding box A, with its greater upper portion left open, and provided on each side thereof with au inclined flange, Y), and with a follower, B, and its operating mechanism, of the eonical or pyramidal shield having a right-angled arm, F, fitting in a tube, 76,011 the box A, provided with cross-slots l, and having a right-angled arm or handle, F', as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as in v own I have hereto aiiixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID F. LAUGHLIN.

Vitnesses EDWlN GARDNER, WM. BORLAND. 

